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Photographer: Allen C. Browne
Taken: October 19, 2019
Caption: Sharpsburg's Big Spring
Additional Description: The white-washed, mortared walls topped with seven cannonballs were completed in 1934. Project 27-97 of the Civil Works Administration (CWA) details building and painting the 86-foot-long walls. The CWA became the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in 1935.Close-up of photo on marker
Submitted: October 21, 2019, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland.
Database Locator Identification Number: p498818
File Size: 1.504 Megabytes

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